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BLACK DOG

Genre
Drama
Running time
110 minutes
Year
2024
Language
Chinese
Subtitle
English and Arabic
Country
China
Director
Guan Hu
Bio
Producer
Zhu Wenjiu, Liang Jing
Cast
Eddie Peng, Jia Zhangke, Zhang Yi, Zhou You
Scriptwriter
Guan Hu, Ge Rui, Wu Bing

SHOWTIME

Fri 06. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 3
4:30 PM - 6:25 PM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat 07. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 3
10:45 PM - 12:40 AM
Price: 40 SAR
Sat 14. Dec
Culture Square - Cinema 2
5:00 PM - 6:55 PM
Price: 40 SAR
While China buzzes in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics, Lang returns from a decade in prison to his home town to find it largely deserted, its crumbling concrete blocks being torn down to make way for a new industrial city. The exodus of humans means that the area is now overrun with stray dogs; Lang, needing a job, joins a hastily assembled extermination team supposed to round them up but, when a dog suspected of having rabies adopts him, he realizes his real mission is to save the animals, including the ones at the nearly deserted local zoo.. In a riveting, almost wordless performance, Eddie Peng shows Lang recover his humanity, even as the landscape around him becomes increasingly desolate.

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